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Pyrite with Chalcocite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

 
Pyrite with Chalcocite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with Chalcocite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with Chalcocite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with Chalcocite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with Chalcocite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 75665
Mineral:Pyrite with Chalcocite
Locality:Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Description:Three lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals with just the beginning of a coating of gray-metallic chalcocite in clay-rich matrix. The pyrite crystals are a combination of cubic, octahedral, dodecahedral and diploid forms. Collected in 2015. Analysis of coating performed from Ben Grguric at South Australian Museum
Overall Size:6.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:16-24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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